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Prof. Rosa Fagundes

 

PROFESSOR of EDUCATION and TESOL  -  August 2002 – Present  (Tenured)

Urban Teacher Program (UTP) former Department Chair (2015-2018); teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the School of Urban Education (UED); developed the ESL Minor; and ESL Additional License, both standard-based programs; conduct curriculum review and continuous assessment; advise students (undergraduate & graduate); work closely with public schools, community colleges, and state universities; participate in articulation agreements with two-year institutions and other partnerships; contribute to department, institution, and community, by serving in committees within department, across university, and State of Minnesota; has supervised student teachers; has been member of the International Study and Exchange Committee, Library Committee, state-wide Multicultural Issues Committee. Active in research and at presenting at local, national (US based), and international professional meetings and conferences.  Metropolitan State University, MN.

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Some researches of Prof. Fagundes

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Developing Sensitivity towards People with Disabilities.  Article Published on the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Fall 2002 Newsletter,   GIFFTS (Great Ideas For Freeing Teachers and Students).

 

Teaching ESL Through Live International Video Conferencing.  Presentation conducted at The Seventh EFL Skills Conference: Integrating EFL Skills: Teaching, Management, and Technology for the Future, at The American University of Cairo, Egypt, January, 2001.

 

Strategies in the Teaching of English. Reading in the Classroom; Assessment in ESL.  After 8 weeks of consulting with Costa Rica educators, a series of workshops were planned and delivered.  They were attended by teachers and administrators coming from all areas of Costa Rica.  Workshops were conducted at the Universidad de Cosa Rica, Sede del Pacifico, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, March, 2000.

 

Multiple Intelligences in ESL.  Theoretical foundations, recent findings, practical classroom applications.  Research paper presented at the Early Childhood Conference, Joplin, MO, October, 1999.

 

An International Comparison on Student Interest.  Analysis of a problem found with almost every classroom, based on answers collected from a questionnaire responded by 300 anonymous educators.  Research paper presented at the 12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan. August 1999.

 

PUBLICATION -  Survey on Successful Classroom Strategies. Article published in the Summer 1999 issue of MidTESOL Matters.

 

Let's Hear What Our Students Are Saying! Paper presented at MO TESOL Conference, Springfield, MO, March 1999.

 

Investigating and Sustaining ESL Student Interest in the Classroom.  Research paper  presented at the 29th Annual CATESOL Conference, Pasadena, CA. April 1998.

 

Understanding and Developing Freire's Ideally Educated Person. Served as panel moderator and presented How ESL Programs contribute to this ideal. Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Omaha, NE. March 1998.

 

Is Reading Aloud Really Necessary in as Oral English Proficiency Test?  Research paper presented at the MidTESOL Conference, Grand Island, NE. October 1997.

 

English Around the World: Pedagogical Concerns, Language Issues, Theories, Methodologies, and Applications.  Workshop presented at UNICAMP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  May 1997.

 

Reading in the Classroom: Implications and Issues for the ESL Student.  Research paper presented at the International Reading Association Conference, Cassville, MO. February 1997.

 

Setting the New TSE Score Requirement at Iowa State University.  Research paper presented at the MidTESOL Conference, Kansas City, MO. October 1996.

 

Using Focus Groups: A Practical Qualitative Research  Technique.  Workshop and research paper presented at the TESOL Conference, Chicago, 11. March 1996.

 

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION - An Investigation of Selected Variables Used as Predictors of Success on the SPEAK and TEACH Tests. April 1994.

 

Evaluating the Oral Proficiency of International Students: Live Interview Testing or Tape Recorded Testing?  Paper presented at the MidTESOL Conference, Lincoln, NE. October 1993.

 

MASTER'S THESIS - Strategies Used in the SPEAK Test:  A Discourse Analysis.  April 1989.

 

Strategic Competence of the SPEAK Test: An Exploration of Construct Validity. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Language Testing Research Colloquium, San Antonio, TX, March 1989.

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